defining pure virtual reality

Pure Virtual Reality -- is an enveloping virtual world composed soley of computer-created elements except for the participating people. The surface appearance of the person engaged may even be transformed by design. In the purest form of category #1 Virtual Reality (VR), the participating human interacts soley with the computer, not with other human beings or real objects. The site on Georgia Tech Animation Lab delves into these concepts further.

"Telepresence" involves the distant operation interface engages so much of the operator's sensory data processing potential that the user feels like he or she is actually there at the distant setting. This is a higher standard than teleoperation. Additional subjects at Virtual Tours Spokane, Washington .

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